Calau Bed Borehole Petkus 4/62 (Oligocene to of Germany)

Where: Brandenburg, Germany (51.8° N, 13.9° E: paleocoordinates 51.6° N, 10.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Rupelian to Rupelian (33.9 - 23.0 Ma)

• Borehole Petkus 4/62. Sample depth 325.0 - 330.6 m, 3.4 - 3.5 m from bit.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial-deltaic; poorly lithified, brown, gray, sandy siltstone and lignite

• Mai 1998, p. 44: The gray-brown to gray, partly sandy silts and clays with layers of plant hash and very thin lignitic horizons in the Calau Beds, which are apparently of fluviatile or estuarine origin, yielded adequate material...

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression, adpression, original carbon

Collection methods: core,

Primary reference: D. H. Mai. 1998. Contribution to the flora of the middle Oligocene Calau Beds in Brandenberg, Germany. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 101:43-70 [H. Sims/H. Lindon/H. Lindon]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 24314: authorized by Hallie Sims, entered by Heather Lindon on 05.08.2002, edited by Hallie Sims

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Dicotyledoneae
 Myrtales - Lythraceae
Microdiptera parva Chandler 1957
Chandler
 Ericales - Styracaceae
Halesia crassa silverbell
(C. and E.M. Reid) Kirchheimer
Angiospermae
 Vitales - Vitaceae
Ampelopsis rotundata
Chandler; needle-shaped thin glossy black spines
 Fagales - Myricaceae
 Fagales - Juglandaceae
"Engelhardtia macroptera" = Engelhardia
"Engelhardtia macroptera" = Engelhardia
(Brongniart) Unger
 Rosids - Moraceae
Moroidea boveyana Chandler 1957 mulberry
Chandler
 Mesangiosperms - Arecaceae
Calamus daemonorops Unger 1860 rattan
(Unger) Chandler
 Laurales - Lauraceae
Laurocarpum sp. Reid and Chandler 1933 laurel
Phoebe maxervini laurel
Mai
 Nymphaeales - Cabombaceae
Dusembaya turgaica Dorofeev 1963
(Dorofeev) Dorofeev
 Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Sequoia abietina coast redwood
(Brongniart) Knobloch
"Athrotaxis" couttsiae cypress
(Heer) Gardner